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The Horists^ Review 



Seftbmbbs 28. 1920 



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CO-OPERATIVE BUYING. 



I Tor Laxge-Scale Economies. 



Among the many reasons advanced 

 for forming the National Flower Grow- 

 ers' Association was the opportunity 

 such an organization would present for 

 cooperative buying of the various 

 things used by the florists in the pro- 

 duction of flowers. On first thought 

 this naturally suggested considerable 

 saving by buying in large quantities. 

 We all know that this law holds good 

 in the florists' business as well as in 

 many other industries. For instance, 

 take a wholesaler. A buyer enters his 

 establishment who is known to be a big 

 buyer; is it not reasonable to suppose 

 that he will receive every advantage 

 that can possibly be extended, instead 

 of the wholesaler having to handle per- 

 haps a dozen customers to sell the same 

 amount of stock! Anyone who is 

 familiar with the method of distrib- 

 uting florists' stock will be quick to 

 recognize the advantage of such a sale 

 to the wholesaler and grower alike, if 

 for no other reason than the elimina- 

 tion of handling and of the breakage 

 which is 80 apt to occur where stock is 

 much handled. But there are much 

 larger transactions than the sale of cut 

 flowers to be considered. 



Uniting Against the H. C. of L. 



Take the question of cow manure. 

 In the section in which I reside this is 

 a vital question with tbe man who 

 grows roses. A cartload that formerly 

 cost him 50 cents now costs $5; this is 

 just a single item and there are many 

 more on which the advance is in the 

 same proportion. These are days of 

 efficiency; many of us are tired of hear- 

 ing this word, but it is like Banquo's 

 ghost and will not down, so that the 

 only sensible thing to do is to recognize 

 it, try to get better acquainted with it 

 and apply it in our purchasing depart- 

 ments as well as in the production end 

 of the business. What is the most effi- 

 cient way for the florist to purchase the 

 commodities which he must use in his 

 business f I have been doing some in- 

 vestigating along these lines and my 

 conclusion is that the day has come 

 when organized buying is absolutely 

 necessary, if the cost of production is 

 to be kept down. 



The next question is, what sort of 

 organization is the proper one to han- 

 dle this proposition! Those men who 

 launched the National Flower Growers* 

 Association at Cleveland have laid a 

 fine foundation for such an enterprise. 

 Take this organization with a local or 

 unit in every flower center in the coun- 

 try; these locals could take care of all 

 local buying, but we hear a great deal 

 of questioning about the reason for a 

 national organization instead of every 

 local for itself. In this connection we 



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